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BUSTED: Oil execs recorded boasting about ‘unprecedented access’ to Trump during Ritz-Carlton luncheon

Oil executives were recorded boasting about their access to President Donald Trump after he appointed an industry lawyer to the number two position at the Interior Department. In a report for Politico, Reveal’s Lance Williams wrote that the June 2017 recording featured oil lobbyists laughing at how …

Photographer Says He Lost His Job After Leaking Pictures Of Rick Perry And Coal CEO

Former Department of Energy photographer Simon Edelman is filing a federal whistleblower suit after he leaked the photos of a private meeting between the energy secretary and Robert Murray.

Trump infrastructure plan would speed up pipelines, cut...

The Trump administration’s infrastructure proposal released on Monday would spee...

Former EPA official launches ‘dark money’ group to promote Trump’s energy agenda

The website of a ‘dark money’ group launched by an outgoing senior Trump administration official was purchased weeks before she resigned from the EPA.

A leaked draft of a five-year plan reveals how the DOI will prioritize “energy dominance” over conservation.

Perry proposes law to force Americans to buy dirtier, costlier power

So this happened yesterday while Rump was distracting everyone with his tweets. In a brazen move, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has ignored the findings of his own grid study and proposed a new federal rule that would effectively force Americans to...

Public land drilling contributes a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions in US: report

Drilling on public lands contributes nearly a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., according to a new Trump administration report.

Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change

PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mile

Trump signs repeal of transparency rule for oil companies

The regulation would have required energy companies to disclose their payments to foreign governments.

Oil Drilling Is—Literally!—Shaking Up Oklahoma

Oil drillers duck and cover to avoid responsibility for the earthquakes they’re causing

Overall numbers of suspected man-made earthquakes has fallen as states try to restrict activities causing the shaking, but parts of Oklahoma and Kansas still plagued by strong events.

Natural Gas Fracking Poisons Water Supplies | Heal Naturally

Natural gas fracking operations have been found to poison nearby water wells, harming the drinking water in the region.

Rising Levels of Toxic Gas Found in Homes Near Fracking Sites

Levels of radon have been rising measurably in Pennsylvania since the controversial practice of fracking started there, researchers say.

COAL

President Trump And Allies Push To Save A Very Specific Coal Plant

President Trump and other Republicans are pressuring the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close a coal plant in Kentucky. A major Trump backer supplies the plant with most of its coal.

A coal executive’s “action plan” for President Trump has been made public. The administration's moves on environmental and climate policy have in multiple instances overlapped with the items in the memo.

Coal executive Bob Murray says he gave the Trump administration a three-and-a-half page

Cost of New E.P.A. Coal Rules: Up to 1,400 More Deaths a Year

The Trump administration unveiled its overhaul of pollution rules for coal-fired power plants, and its analysis shows an increase of up to 1,400 premature deaths annually.

Trump Wants To Put Former Coal Executive In Charge Of Mine Safety

The company the nominee used to run was cited for dangerous practices numerous times.

Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands

A business-friendly secretary of the interior has moved to invigorate a struggling industry, reversing Obama-era restrictions to help create “wealth and jobs.”

Trump Moves to Increase Subsidy for Coal Mining on Federal Lands

Trump wants to let coal companies pay well below market rate for the right to despoil public lands and damage the climate.

Coal Does More Harm Than Good in Kentucky: $62 Million for Asthma Costs, $10 Billion for Lost Lives

by Zach Rybarczyk

Trump caps off a long day by letting coal companies dump waste into streams.

The president’s unhinged 77-minute press conference wasn’t the only news he made today. After an exhausting fracas with the media, he popped back into the Oval Office to repeal an environmental regulation restricting coal companies from polluting waterways with mining waste.Trump signed a bill undoi…

Water pollution from coal - SourceWatch

This article is part of the Coal Issues portal on SourceWatch, a project of CoalSwarm and the Center for Media and Democracy. See here for help on adding material to CoalSwarm.

Trump kills coal pollution rule that reportedly would have created as many jobs as it cost

The Stream Protection Rule would have cost an average 260 jobs a year and created 250 positions annually, a government report said.

NUCLEAR

It requires an amount of regulation and oversight we are not willing to authorize or fund in this day and age.

Perry Seeks To Award A No-Bid Contract To A Failing Business With Ties To Russia - The Intellectualist

Rick Perry wants to give a $115M no-bid government contract to a US nuclear firm that recently declared bankruptcy.

Look no further than the infamous power plant on Three Mile Island to understand the decaying state of nuclear power. Unable to compete with cheaper fuel sources like natural gas, the plant’s owners recently announced plans to shutter the storied reactor. To stop their bottom lines from melting…

Crumbling Reactors and Other Nightmares of a Trump-Perry Energy Policy

In the area of energy policy under the presidency of Donald Trump, two concerns loom above all others.

Nuclear Waste

Safe long-term storage for nuclear waste is a top priority—but it hasn’t happened

Dangers and Effects of Nuclear Waste Disposal

Nuclear Waste Disposal Nuclear has long been considered a great way to generate the power that lights and heats our homes. It can generate electricity without greenhouse gas emissions. However, after a few terrible disasters in Nuclear power plants around the world, people have become more and more …

Looking for a Trash Can: Nuclear waste management in the United States - Science in the News

by Madeleine Jennewein figures by Rebecca Senft Across the United States, nuclear waste is accumulating in poorly maintained piles. 90,000 metric tons of nuclear waste requiring disposal are currently in temporary storage. The United States, however, has yet to construct a long-term storage solution…

The Republican party has taken "a wrong turn" under Donald Trump, according to three GOP challengers to the president, and is heading down the road to totalitarianism as states cancel primaries in an attempt to give Trump an unimpeded path to the nomination in 2020.

With John Bolton dismissed, Taliban peace talks a fiasco and a trade war with China, US foreign policy is ever more unstable and confrontational

It was, by all accounts, a furious row. Donald Trump was talking about relaxing sanctions on Iran and holding a summit with its president, Hassan Rouhani, at this month's UN general assembly in New York. John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser, was dead against it and… [more]